Invisible suspenders



M. H. AVED.

INVISIBLE SUSPENDERS APPLICATION FlLE D AUG.13, 1919.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

PAT

ENT OFFICE.

MAURICE r. AVED, or HARVEY, NOR-TH DAKOTA.

INVISIBLE SUSPENDERS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0a; 26,1920

Application filed. August 13, 1919. Serial 110. 317,189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE H. AvEo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harvey, in the county of Wellsand State of North Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlnvisibleSuspenders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates. to invisible suspenders, as they are termed, andparticularly to improvements on the suspender or garment supporterillustrated in my Patent, No. 1,298,274, granted on March 25, 1919.

The general object of the invention'is to provide a garment supporter orsuspender of that type known as invisible, that is in V which thesuspenders are completelyconcealedby the shirt, wherein the use of metalclasps or yokes is minimized, and wherein the straps of which thesupporter or sus pender is composed have a maximum freedom of movementat the back to accommodate and permit the free movement of the wearersshoulders. I I V A further object is to provide a suspender or garmentsupporter of this type wherein the two shoulder webs or straps haveaback slide or connection with each other, and" wherein the ends of thetwo webs are connected by straps having sliding engagement with eachother to thereby give that'freedom of motion necessaryfor comfort andease to the wearer and to give freedom of movement at the backtocompensate for the move; mentsof the shoulders of the wearer andadjust themselves to persons who, are longwaisted or short-waisted. V II A further object is to form the back slide of a supporter ofnon-elastic webbing to thereby permit a better sliding movement of thewebs upon each other, thus giving more freedom of movement to the personand more comfort to the body.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. 7r

My invention is illustrated in the panying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa perspective viewof the suspenders; V

Fig.2 is a detail view of the back slide. Referring to the drawings, itwill be seen that my improved garment supporter comprises two straps 10and 10 which'are rela-.

tively broad,land formed of elastic material, each of these sections 10at its lower end be ing passedthrough a yoke 11 and then extendingupward to an adjustingbuckle 12. At its upper end, each" of the members10 is provided with a yoke 13 and through this yoke there is disposed anelongated loop 14 0f 'flat, non-elastic webbing, this loop beingpreferably, however, of a single piece of material stitched, at 15. Itwill be seen that the yoke l l'has freedom of movement in the yoke 13.One thickness or strand of one loop passes between the two thicknessesof the other loop, as shown in Fig. 2, so that while these two loops 14are interconnected with each other, yet they may shift readily withrelation to each other, The webbing section 10 carries at one end theyoke 11, as previously stated, and through the eye of this yoke isdisposed the elongated looped parts formed of a non-elastic, textileband 17. Said bandis in the fprm'of an elongated loop and is threadedthrough the yoke 11,: through the yoke 16, and through a yoke 18engaging with a button clip 19 of conventional form, It will be seenfrom Fig. l that the inner and outer strandsof the loop 17' havefreesliding motion in the yoke 18, which is :pro-

"vided with transverse rollers to that end so that this yokeycan movefreely and so that if theyoke 18 is given a sidewise pull, one

of the divergent. branches of the loop 17 will other correspondinglyshorten and the lengthen. The loop 17 is connectedtoa section of elasticwebbing'20 which, in turn, is connected to the corresponding loop 14. Of

course, the webbing:10- is also connected. to

a;loop'17 carryingfthe yoke 18 in the same manner as before described,and this loop .is 1 also connected to a webbing section 20 engagedinflle l 14; p I I ;-This devi is intended t be disposed with theportions 10 andlm extending over the shoulders ofthe wearer fllldWVltlIthe back slide, composed of the two loops 14,- on the back of thewearer. It will be obvious that this garment supporter permits both backslip or slide and side slip or slide which effectively distributes theweight of the trousers or other garment on the two bands 17. Thisgarment supporter prevents the body garment from bulging out either.atthe front or back and causes the garment to hang properly on thewearer. The device may be applied with facility and is adapted to bedisposed underneath the shirt so thatthe supporter will be invisible. Iconvenience of a supporter of this kind is 1 10 The general loops 17.

words in the use of non-elastic material to form the loops 14. I havefound in practice that the elastic material tends to stick or impedefree movement, whilenon-elastic material, such as that used to form thewebs or loops 1-Zt,does not tend to stick but the plies of the loopsmovefreely over each other with the movement of the shoulders, thus givinggreater freedom of movement and more comfort to the wearer.

Furthermore, it is pointed out that these loops 14 are free to movewithin the yokes 13 so as to permit of much greater freedom of movementthan would be possible if these yokes 13 were engaged with the loops bystitching. One of the most important things in this connection is theprovision ofa back slide constructed in accordance with my invention,with the side slides formed of the This is absolutely necessary to givefull freedom of motion and comfort and ease to the wearer, to cause thesuspenders to conform to every movement of the shoulders,

,and to adjust themselves to different waists of persons, whether theperson be long or short-waisted or medium-waisted. This 15 absolutelynecessary in invisible supporters, because where there are only twopomts ofsuspension, it is necessary to obtain freedom of movement so asto properly adjust the weight of the trousers to keep them from bulgingout and'to take off strain from the shoulders. Invisible supporterswhich do not have perfect freedom of movement at the back where the webscross each other, are uncomfortable and prevent proper hang of thetrousers on thebody.

Iclaim:

1. A garment supporter composedof two bands of elastic webbing, eachband being composed of two sections of elastic webbing spaced from eachother, an elongatedloop of non-elastic webbing separate from butconnected to and connecting said sections, the loop of one band crossingand passing through the loop of the other band, and the two loops havingfree, sliding engagement with each other, and loops of non-elasticmaterial each having engagement with the forward'end of oneof said bandsand the rear end of the other band, and garment engag- .ingclevicesslidingly mounted on said last passing through the loop of the otherband andthe two loops having free sliding engagement with each other,and loops of material each having engagement with the forward endof oneof said bands and the rear end of the other band, and garment engagingdevices slidingly mounted on said last named loops. a

- 3. A garment supporter comprising two bands adapted to be disposedover the shoulders of the wearer, each of said bands being composedoftwo sections, one of said sec tions adapted to extend over theshoulders of the wearer and down on the front of the body, the othersection extending downward over the back of the body, the two sectionsbeing joined by a loop of non-elastic material, one strandof the loop ofone band being passed between the strands of the loop on the other band,whereby said loops have free, sliding engagement with each other, eachloop being connected to the shoulder section of the corresponding bandby a yoke and having an eye through which the loop slidingly passes, theforward end of each shoulder band, having a yoke formed with an eye andthe lower end of each back sec tion being formed with an eye, a loop ofnonelastic material passed through the eye on the yoke of each shouldersection and through the eye on the yokeof the opposite back section, anda garment engaging device slidingly engaged with said last named loops.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

MAURICE 1-1. AVED.

